Mismatched signatures caused midterm headaches

A story on NPR’s Weekend Edition about the problem mismatched signatures caused in the midterm elections and questions it has raised about the use of signatures as a personal identification interviews Tamera Thornton, professor of history, who said she believes that the signature is an endangered species. “But I guess I don't get all warm and fuzzy about handwriting where I feel we need to somehow save this species,” she said. “Signatures to us, at least in the recent past, did mean a way to express our individuality, our distinctiveness. That I get warm and fuzzy about. Sure, I want us to be able to do that. How we do it, whether we do it through hand writing -- not so important.”